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Chinese rain bell (Strobilanthes hamiltoniana)

Dlium Chinese rain bell (Strobilanthes hamiltoniana)

Chinese rain bell (Strobilanthes hamiltoniana) is a species of plant in the Acanthaceae, a shrub or low tree with erect, woody and branched stems, large leaves, trumpet-shaped flowers in panicles, growing in forests, farmlands and home gardens.

S. Hamiltoniana has erect stems, cylindrical, woody, old stems have rough bark, brown with white spots, young stems are green and branching to form 3-4 new stems.





The leaves are oblong, length 21 cm, width 8 cm, leaf stalk 14 cm, pointed tip and serrated margin, pale green top and bottom, a large vein in the middle with many pinnate small veins and bright green or blackish in color.

Inflorescences in panicles with long, slender, branched stalks, growing at the ends of the stems and blooming alternately. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, length 5 cm and slender aisles, five cones, bright red in color and the surface has many veins.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Ruellieae Subtribe: Strobilanthinae
Genus: Strobilanthes Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 781 (1826)
Species: Strobilanthes hamiltoniana (Steud.) Bosser & Heine in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 10: 148 (1988)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Diflugossa colorata (Nees) Bremek. in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2. 41(1): 237 (1944)
Goldfussia colorata Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 89 (1832)
Ruellia hamiltoniana Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 2: 481 (1841)
Strobilanthes colorata (Nees) T.Anderson in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 481 (1867)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Diflugossa crinita (Nees) Bremek. in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2. 41(1): 246 (1944)
Goldfussia crinita Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 176 (1847)
Ruellia colorata Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 2388 (1830)
Strobilanthes colorata var. crinita (Nees) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 473 (1885)
Strobilanthes crinita (Nees) T.Anderson in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 481 (1867)

PUBLICATIONS

Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (2000). Flore des Mascareignes 127-135: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.

Choudhary, R.K., Srivastava, R.C., Das, A.K. & Lee, J. (2012). Floristic diversity assessment and vegetation analysis of Upper Siang district of eastern Himalaya in North East India. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 42: 222-246.

Deng, Y.F., Li, Z.Y., Wang, Q. & Peng, H. (2020). Flora of Pan-Himalaya 46: 1-570. Science Press, Beijing. Cambridge University Press.

Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (2001). Flora of Bhutan 2: 1-1675. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.

Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis)

VERNACULAR NAME

English: Chinese rain bell, Rain bell
Indonesian: Lonceng hujan, Lonceng klenteng
Java: Kembang klintingan
Melayu: Loceng hujan

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